DISCUSS LET'S BRING IN DOCTOR
OR WHEN RED LERNER THE DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OVER AT
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, A DOCTOR
RED LERNER GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US NOW THAT MORE
TEACHERS ARE GETTING
VACCINATED. WHERE PARENTS,
TEACHERS
AND CHILDREN WILL THEY START TO
FEEL SAFER ABOUT HEADING BACK
TO CLASS SOONER TO THINK.
>> WELL MAKER I I REALLY DO
HOPE SO THIS HAS BEEN A
DISASTER FOR THE EDUCATIONAL
TRAJECTORY. IT
MAY CHILDREN REALLY NICE NOT SO
MUCH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO
ARE YOU KNOW HAVE THE
FINANCIALLY TO HAVE THE
HARDWARE
THAT'S NEEDED. TO LEARN TO HAVE
SOMEBODY TO MENTOR THEM TO HAVE
ACCESS TO GROWTH AND BUT FOR
MANY OF
THE CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM IS 1.1 MILLION
CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM OF NEW YORK ABOUT 700 US
700 1000 OF THOSE CHILDREN LIVE
IN FAMILIES
ARE AT OR OR BELOW THE
POVERTY GUIDELINES AND LOT OF
THOSE CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE
WHAT'S NEEDED TO REALLY
EFFECTIVELY LEARNED. OPEN.
SO THE MAYOR IS FULLY
COMMITTED REOPENING THE SCHOOLS
5 DAYS A WEEK ALL OF THE
SCHOOLS ALL THE STUDENTS.
BY THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE A
LOT LAST EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
WHO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
LEARN REMOTELY. I THINK AS FAR
AS PARENTS ARE CONCERNED AND
TEACHERS. ONCE WE HAVE A LOT
MORE TESTING AVAILABLE AND
ESPECIALLY ONCE WE HAVE HAVE
THE VACCINE AVAILABLE
FOR TEACHERS. I I THINK WE'LL
BE IN A GOOD PLACE TO TO DO IT.
THE MAYOR WANTS WHICH IS TO
REOPEN THE
SCHOOLS. BAKER.
>> WHEN JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED HIS
ECONOMIC PLAN YESTERDAY, HE
SAID WE CAN CONCEIVABLY GET ALL
KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL SAFELY
AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A
SITUATION WHERE IT THEY'RE SAFE
AND EVERYTHING'S OK BASED ON
PPE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS THAT
INSINUATING THAT SCHOOLS RIGHT
NOW ARE NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO
BE TO KEEP THESE KIDS SAFE
RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT
REALLY READY RIGHT NOW WHICH IS
WHY THE CITY ITSELF IS
PROPOSING A SO ENGAGE MONTHS
IDEA
WEEK SCHOOL. IN SEPTEMBER OF
THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO LIKE
RIGHT NOW ON THE OTHER HAND.
THERE HAS 3 A CHECKLIST OF WHAT
WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE AND
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
THAT CHECKLIST WOULD SAXONY THE
A LOT
MORE RIGOROUS TESTING PROGRAM
FOR THE CHILDREN AND BY THE WAY
I SAY TEACHERS I REALLY JUST
SAY GENERICALLY MANY ALL ADULT
STAFF IN THE SCHOOL FROM
CUSTODIANS. TEACHERS
ADMINISTRATORS AND SO ON AND
BUS DRIVERS. SO THERE'S A LOT
AHEAD OF US AND A LOT'S GOING
TO DEPEND ON HOW
RAPIDLY WE GET
THE VACCINATION AND THE TESTING
PROGRAM IN PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY
YOU MADE THIS POINT WHICH IS
VERY APPROPRIATE.
>> THE PPE.
>> FOLLOWING THE CDC
KEEPING US SAFE WHICH INCLUDES
MASKS.
SOCIAL DISTANCING HAND HYGIENE
AND SO ON THOSE ARE NOT GOING
TO GO AWAY THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO FULLY GO AWAY EVEN
BY SEPTEMBER.
>> THANK YOU THAT'S GOOD TO YOU
KNOW YOU MENTIONED HOW FAR A
LOT OF THESE KIDS NOW ARE IN
THEIR SCHOOL WORK WHICH IS SUCH
A STIR SAD STATISTIC
OUT THERE. A STUDY FROM
MCKINSEY COMPANY SAYING THAT
THE SHIFT TO REMOTE LEARNING IN
THE SPRING SET STUDENTS BACK 3
TO 5 MONTHS WHICH IS JUST AWFUL
NEWS AS THE PANDEMIC PERSISTS
AT THEIR DOCTOR
CAN STUDENTS GET BACK ON PACE
WITH WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE AT CANNES THE CATCH BACK
UP HERE.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT
SO EVEN IF WE COULD MAGICALLY
HAVE ALL KIDS AND TEACHERS BACK
GUY YOU KNOW SIGNED THIS WEEK
YOU
KNOW TOMORROW. EVEN THEN WE
HAVE A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE
AHEAD OF
US COURT. HOW DO WE DO THE
REMEDIATION AND THE
CATCH UP. FOR REALLY LOST A LOT
AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGER
CHILDREN, YOU KNOW FOR KIDS AND
YOU KNOW
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD OR 4TH
GRADE, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE
CRITICAL YEARS FOR WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO READ AND SO IF THEY
DON'T READ AT APPROPRIATE
GRADE LEVEL BY 3RD GRADE
THEY'RE IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE
AND THE CATCH-UP IS GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT
I THINK THE SCHOOLS AND THE
TEACHERS ARE WORKING ON.
WHAT THAT CATCH-UP ACTUALLY
MEANS PRACTICALLY BUT I THINK
YOU COULD USE A ROUND I THINK
FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE
BIGGEST. FALL WHICH IS MAKING
SURE THESE CHILDREN DON'T
SUFFER FOR THE REST
THEIR WILL ICE BECAUSE
INTERRUPTION OR EDUCATION SAYS
AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT OF
THIS LAST.
>> A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S
THAT'S EDUCATION THAT THEY'LL
NEVER BE ABLE TO GET BACK IT IS
GOING TO BE SUCH A CHALLENGE
FOR SO MANY OF THEM.
I BET TO JOE BIDEN HERE BECAUSE
AGAIN HE SAID HE BELIEVES WILL
BE ABLE TO SAFELY BE ABLE TO
REOPEN ALL THE SCHOOLS
BASICALLY IN A 100 DAYS IS THAT
FEASIBLE GIVEN THE
LOGISTICS AND HURDLES THAT IT
WILL HAVE TO OVERTAKE TO GET
THERE IS THAT IT CONCEIVABLE
OPTION HERE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH YOU
KNOW I I THINK THE ONE THING
PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN IS HE'S
ASSEMBLED AN UNBELIEVABLE TEAM
ARE BOTH IN
HEALTH CARE, A COVID TEST FORCE
AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION THAT WILL BE ON
THIS WHAT FULL TIME THIS IS TO
ME AN ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
ISSUE HERE. THE QUESTION IS
WHETHER IT YOU KNOW IS THIS
IS TO ASPIRATION ALL I DON'T
KNOW I I HOPE NOT BUT 100 DAYS
IS A PRETTY SHORT TIME TO
ADDRESS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING THAT SAID
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
AN INCREDIBLE TO BE WITH THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE
ASKED TRACK EVERYTHING FROM
VACCINATIONS SUIT GETTING KIDS
BACK
INTO SCHOOL.